Los láseres han jugado un papel importante en la evolución de los seres humanos, y parece que las cosas nuevas están siendo posibles gracias a los láseres todo el tiempo. Sin embargo, ¿sabía usted que el láser también se benefician los que vivió hace cientos de años por los que nos enseña más sobre su existencia?
Por generaciones, those living near Johannesburg in South Africa have long suspected that a “lost city” existed in a place called Suikerbosrand. Sin embargo, thick vegetation has made it almost impossible for this city to be examined closely. But recently, an intricate laser system shed new light on the city and revealed that it did, in fact, exist.
Karim Sadr, a professor at the School of Geography, Archaeology, and Environmental Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, used LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology earlier this year to unearth new findings about the city. He was able to take a closer look at almost 8 square miles of land, and he found more than just individual homesteads that suggested a village may have existed. He found evidence that an entire city was once set up in the area complete with more than 800 homesteads and somewhere in the neighborhood of 10,000 people. The city was believed to be inhabited by those who spoke the Tswana language from sometime in the 15th century until about 200 hace años.
The fact that LiDAR found so many remnants of this “lost city” is exciting because it now gives researchers more of a reason to investigate the city further. It will be well worth their time to start digging around in the area more to see what else they can discover.
Lidar es también una prueba más de que los láseres están jugando un papel más importante en el mundo que nunca antes. Seiffert Industrial entiende esto y utiliza el láser en una variedad de maneras en el mundo industrial. Llámenos al 800-856-0129 hoy para ver cómo la tecnología láser podría beneficiar a usted.
